Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon R9 390X
Summary
Radeon RX 590
100%
Radeon R9 390X
86%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590 |
| 13% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 590
The Radeon RX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (16 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 590 | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) | vs | Grenada (Grenada XT) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1257 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 590 | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 590 | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon RX 590
49.44 GP/s
Radeon R9 390X
67.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
222.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 390X
184.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
256.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 390X
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
7119.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390X
5914.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
80
Radeon R9 390X
75
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
84
Radeon R9 390X
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809
Radeon RX 590
80
Radeon R9 390X
67
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
42
Radeon R9 390X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 590
63
Radeon R9 390X
56
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
59
Radeon R9 390X
56
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
60
Radeon R9 390X
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809
Radeon RX 590
58
Radeon R9 390X
51
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
33
Radeon R9 390X
29
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 590
43
Radeon R9 390X
38
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
33
Radeon R9 390X
33
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
30
Radeon R9 390X
33
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809
Radeon RX 590
31
Radeon R9 390X
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
21
Radeon R9 390X
19
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 590
21
Radeon R9 390X
20
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
38
Radeon R9 390X
-1
FPS (higher is better)